RB5_245

No offence taken

I Stand by what I said. I have good reason too.

Edited because that speel was a bit too much.

[Edited by RB5_245 - 11/2/2003 9:46:10 PM]

Scoty

Cant be arsed driving down to Powerstation TBH, is there anywhere closer to hand who can do the bumpsteer mod and geometry?

Thanks in advance

Scott

halowrx

CRD Edinburgh
AWD Perth ?
Dicksons of Dunblane

A few others migth be able to help - not sure where u are

sasim

Falkland in Glenrothes can do it.

Stuart

john banks

Falkland did it to mine because I didn't want a trip to Cheltenham. They got some shims machined to different thicknesses and sorted something out so they could pull the front of the car down and hold it there steady and then measured how the camber altered. Sorry I am not very technical when it comes to suspension, may have the finer points of it wrong.

Scoty

Thanks guy's for the input.

Tried calling Falkland a couple of times there just now but it's ringing out.

I'll get in touch with them in the morning and book the car in cheers

RB5_245

I wouldn't go to CRD. I don't want to 'bad mouth' anyone but i've not heard a single good word about them. And i have heard a lot about them! sorry.

Dougster

Falkland done mine. You not remember bud?

About £100 all in as far as I can remember.

AlanG

That's the problem. You've only heard about them and by your own wording in your post, you will never use them because of what others say.

Back in the eighties, i used AVA for tuning my turbo Escort and couldn't fault them. Jump forward two decades and on this forum according to *some*, they are to be avoided at all costs!! Yes, i've heard the stories and yes maybe some of it is justified, but by my own experience i still wouldn't bad mouth them, because i have no reason to.

They're still in business....

I've heard bad words about AWD, Falkland, Star Performance to name but three, but i've used them (excluding AWD)and can't complain of their work. Any problem so far i've had with them has been rectified after discussion.

Even at the moment i have an issue with Star Performance with recent work carried out, but i'm sure there will be an amicable conclusion. Spitting the dummy out won't resolve any issues IMO.

I don't know anything about CRD either and can't see me using them in the near future, but then again, I do the majority of the work on my car myself, so unlikely to call on their services.

People have opinions on all manners of companies offering their services to the public, some good, some bad. Maybe best to reserve judgement until there is personal experience to go by.

At the end of the day, time will tell. They don't stay in business if they cannot achieve customers objectives.

I'm not having a dig RB5, don't take it that way. Just keep an open mind, but of course how you choose to spend your money is your choice.

Alan

za-sti

Hi Scoty,

Falkland did mine and didnt charge that much. Although last time I went past Glenrothes, drove round to their place and they werent there! This may tally with unanswered calls.

Cheers
Za

john banks

Don't think they work on Sundays Scoty - understandably they need a day off like most of us

They were very much alive and well when I was in there last week in their recently acquired new premises opposite the old place.

Scoty

Cheers for that guys, managed to find the new premises today and got the bumpsteer mod and wheel alignment done

Good price too

Scottdot

iTrader: (6)

How much was it scoty as I'm thinking of getting it done, what tracking settings did you get and did it make much of a difference?

Scott

LG John

It makes a massive difference IMHO. I noticed it on the very first roundabout as the front end was far better planted and there seemed to be more overall adjustablity to the car. I noticed it even more when a certain subaru garage un-did the geometry settings and I threw the car into a corner and understeered half way across the road Great mod, get it done

Scoty

Total cost was £99.88 including vat.
That was for bump steer, wheel geometry modifications on laser and a road test
I'm driving the car like a woose just now because it needs a re-map.
The things I did notice was that the car felt as though it was digging into the road much more at the front, and when I was on a bumpy stretch of road, the car seemed to absorb the bumps more rather than bounce about alot and wander.
I would take people's word for it and get it done m8, it's had nothing but praise on SN to date, and I'm just unfortunate not to be able to "give it a good test" just now

Scottdot

iTrader: (6)

Cheers Saxo & scoty,

I'll get myself booked in, I needed the tracking done anyway as it seems to be eating tyres like nobody's business.

Scott